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Anthology call for submissions - Challenging Convictions: Survivors Writing on Solidarity with Prison Abolition

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Call for Submissions

Working Title: Challenging Convictions: Survivors of Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence Writing on Solidarity with Prison Abolition.

DEADLINE EXTENDED Completed submissions due: June 15, 2012.

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Books & Articles
Calls & Submissions
Topic: 
Activism
Gender studies
LGBT and queer issues
Migration & border issues
Prisoner Support
Queer feminism
Race & ethnicity
Sex and sexualities
Sexual violence
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CFP: Poster for a zine about LGBTIQ/Homophobia and Football (Deadline: May, 17 2012)

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Hello everybody,

within the EC funded Football for Equality project, which is targeting
homophobia and racism in football with a focus an Central and Eastern Europe, the Viennese organisation FairPlay is producing a small Fanzine about Homophobia and LGBTIQ-situation and –organisation in Europe. Again highlighting the Ukraine, Poland and Hungary because of the upcoming EURO 2012 and the EuroGames (Gay and Lesbian Championships). The Zine will be distributed during screenings of the EURO in Italy, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Germany and Poland and sent to NGOs in these countries.

Type of Resource: 
Calls & Submissions
Topic: 
Grassroots media in Europe
LGBT and queer issues
Zine
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CFP: FrauenSommerUniversität 2012 (Vienna, Sep, 19 - Sep, 22 2012)

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FrauenSommerUniversität 2012
19. bis 22. September 2012 in Wien
Einreichungsschluss: 03.06.2012

Feminismen leben

Den Feminismus gibt es nicht. So vielfältig wie die Lebensrealitäten von Frauen sind auch feministische Strömungen.
Feminismen sind nicht nur theoretische Konzepte – sie sind Ausgangspunkte für politische Bewegungen und werden von Feminist*innen im Alltag gelebt.

Type of Resource: 
Calls & Submissions
Topic: 
Gender studies
Internet & digital divide
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CFP: Feminism meets the Big Exhibition: 2005 onwards (CAA, New York 13-16 Feb 2013)

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New York, February 13 - 16, 2013
Deadline: May 4, 2012

Feminism meets the Big Exhibition: 2005 onwards.

Panel chair: Hilary Robinson.

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Calls & Submissions
Topic: 
Art
Gender studies
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CFP: Sexing Sculpture (CAA, New York 13-16 Feb 2013)

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College Art Association, New York
Deadline: May 4, 2012

Sexing Sculpture: New Approaches to Theorizing the Object

Jillian Hernandez, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and
Susan Richmond, Georgia State University. Email: jillian [dot] hernandezatgmail [dot] com and srichmondatgsu [dot] edu

A number of contemporary art historians have posited provocative analyses of the sexual and gendered dimensions of modern and contemporary sculptural production. Notably, their scholarship acknowledges a pressing need to formulate new interpretive frameworks for contemporary sculpture.

Type of Resource: 
Calls & Submissions
Topic: 
Art
Gender studies
Queer feminism
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FRIDA The Young Feminist Fund

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FRIDA | The Young Feminist Fund is a new initiative that funds and strengthens the participation and leadership of young feminist activists globally. The Fund is a collaborative effort between the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID), The Fondo Centroamericano de Mujeres/Central American Women’s Fund (FCAM) and an experienced group of young feminist activists from different regions of the world.

Type of Resource: 
Funding & grants
Topic: 
Girls and young women
Global affairs & transnationalism
Human rights
Networking & community building
Political participation
Sustainable development
Women's Liberation Movement
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Feminist Review Trust

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The Feminist Review Trust exists to fund research and other scholarly activity on all aspects of gender.

What will the Trust fund?

The Feminist Review Trust will fund:

Type of Resource: 
Funding & grants
Topic: 
Global affairs & transnationalism
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Global Fund for Women

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The Global Fund for Women plays a leading role in advancing women’s rights by making grants that support and strengthen women’s groups around the world. We mobilize and redistribute resources that enable women to develop creative solutions to local, regional, and transnational challenges. We bring grantees and donors together in an international network that promotes women’s action for social change, equality, peace, and justice worldwide.

Type of Resource: 
Funding & grants
Topic: 
Global affairs & transnationalism
Sustainable development
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filia. die frauenstiftung

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filia.die frauenstiftung ist eine Gemeinschaftsstfitung, die auf Wachsen und Solidarität setzt. Die Stiftung versteht sich als Tochter der Frauenbewegung.

Die Stiftung wurde 2001 von neun Gründerinnen mit einem Startkapital von 260 000 € ins Leben gerufen. Aktuell beträgt das Stiftungskapital 15,7 Millionen €; der Kreis der Stifterinnen, die in ganz Deutschland leben, ist auf 58 (Stand Feb. 2012) angewachsen.
Mit rund 1,5 Millionen € konnten bislang über 250 Projekte gefördert werden.

Type of Resource: 
Funding & grants
Topic: 
Girls and young women
Global affairs & transnationalism
Women's Liberation Movement
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INWF - International Network of Women's Funds

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The International Network of Women’s Funds (INWF) is a membership association linking Women’s Funds to promote philanthropy with a feminist perspective.

Our mission is to strengthen the political and financial capacity of Women’s Funds to empower women and girls and redistribute resources to transform their lives and communities.

Type of Resource: 
Funding & grants
Networks
Topic: 
Global affairs & transnationalism
Networking & community building
Sustainable development